Job Type Full time
Location Morocco
Deadline: 1 January 2023
ABOUT ICARDA
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR.
ICARDA’s mission is to reduce poverty, enhance food, water, and nutritional security, as well as environmental health in the face of global challenges including climate change. We do this through innovative science, strategic partnerships, linking research to development and capacity development that take into account gender equality and the role of youth in transforming the dry areas. ICARDA works in partnership with governments, universities, civil society, national agricultural research organization, other CGIAR Research Centers, and the private sector. With its temporary Headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, ICARDA operates in regional and country offices across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. For more information:
All CGIAR Centers are currently engaged into a reform process (“One CGIAR’”) that will help ICARDA and CGIAR achieve better impact through more strategically integrated research, unified governance, an integrated structure and new research modalities across participating Research Centers. This transformation is supported by CGIAR donors who have committed to increased funding as a result of these reforms.
DESCRIPTION
MAIN PURPOSE OF POSITION
1. The International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) invites applications for an eleven-months research fellowship data augmentation.
2. The fellowship aims to promote a better understanding of existing activities at CGIAR, provide assistance to young researchers specializing in fields relevant to digital and data activities and offers an exceptional first employment experience to young graduates while supporting the implementation of the project’s activities.
3. He/she reports to the Research Software Development (RSD) Coordinator within the Monitoring and Evaluation Team. As part of RSD Team, he/she will liaise with the concerned activity scientists.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Acquire knowledge on ontologies and develop one related to M&E terms with primary focus on those used in Theory of Change.
2. Observe and document user experience related to the deployment of existing digital tools and suggest action for improvement
3. Collect / curate data related to change in user behavior following deployment of new features in digital tools.
4. Develop blogs or social media messages to promote the digital activities conducted during the fellowship.
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